President M.R.C. Greenwood to deliver first address to university community

HONOLULU – The University of Hawai‘i 2009 Convocation Awards Ceremony on September 15 will be a special celebration this year as it honors more than 40 faculty and staff from the university’s 10 campuses across the state with various teaching, research and service awards, as well as welcomes the university’s new president, M.R.C. Greenwood.

President Greenwood will be delivering her first address to the university community at the commencement of the new academic year. The Board of Regents, campus chancellors and administrators, friends and family of the award recipients will also join her in celebrating the accomplishments of these faculty and staff members.

The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. and will be held at Kennedy Theatre on the UH Mānoa campus. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will also be broadcast live online and on the UH Mānoa Campus Cable Channel 67, via streaming video and at the following campus HITS locations:

Kaua‘i CC - LRC 121

Leeward CC - Library Room 116

Maui CC – Kaʻaike Room 105CD

Moloka‘i Education Center - Room 103

Lāna‘i Education Center – Room 106

UH Center at West Hawaiʻi – Building 4 Room 3

UH Hilo – Moʻokini Library room 344

Presented annually to recognize faculty and staff from all the campuses throughout the UH system for their excellence in teaching, research and service, the awards include:

Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching

Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research

Willard Wilson Award for Distinguished Service to the University

President’s Award for Excellence in Buildings and Grounds Maintenance

Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Masaki and Momoe Kunimoto Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Career and Technical Education